UofL nursing school dean named Ohio State Alumni Transformer in Nursing & Healthcare

UofL nursing school dean named Ohio State Alumni Transformer in Nursing & Healthcare

February 19, 2014

LOUISVILLE, Ky. –
Marcia Hern, Ed.D., CNS, RN, dean and professor, University of Louisville School of
Nursing, has been selected as one of 100
Alumni Transformers in Nursing & Healthcare by The Ohio State
University College of Nursing during its Centennial year. This recognition
commemorates alumni of the college who have deeply impacted the profession of
nursing and the health care system. Since completing their education at the
college, these alumni have excelled in their respective fields and succeeded in
living out the mission of the college: Transforming
health, transforming lives.

Prior to her
appointment as UofL nursing school dean, Hern served as dean of Texas Woman’s
University College of Nursing from 2004-2007. She has held a number of other
leadership positions throughout her career, including department chair, parent
child, University of Cincinnati College of Nursing from 1999-2004; executive
director, community outreach and development, University of Cincinnati College
of Nursing; and director of nursing at Cincinnati Center for Developmental
Disabilities division of Children’s Medical Center in Cincinnati.

Hern serves on the
University Medical Center (UMC), Inc. board of directors and sits on the UMC
Quality and Patient Safety committee. While in Texas, she served on the Presbyterian
Hospital of Denton governing board of trustees.

UofL’s nursing
school dean has chaired the Curriculum Redesign Task Force for the Kentucky
Nursing Consortium Committee. She also is a member of the Kentucky Team for
Nursing Education Capacity, Kentucky Hospital Association CNOs and Deans, and
the Kentucky Institute of Medicine.

Hern is currently
taking part in the Leadership Louisville class of 2014, and was involved in the
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Inaugural Wharton Executive Leadership Program, University of Pennsylvania, in
2012. She has attended the HERS Institute Leadership for Women at the
University of Denver in 2010, and was a Helene Fuld Fellow of the American
Association of Colleges of Nursing Leadership for Academic Nursing Program.

In honor of the OSU
nursing college’s 100 year anniversary, Hern will be among the outstanding
alumni transformers recognized at the Centennial Gala on March 29 at The Ohio
Union in Columbus, Ohio. Special recognition will be given to each 100 Alumni
Transformers as attendees hear about the notable achievements they have made.